The award, instituted by Utkal Bharati Kuntala Kumari Foundation, would be conferred on Panda at a special function at Sarala Bhawan at Cuttack on August 4, said Foundation secretary Choudhury Satya Das and vice president Sanjit Kumar Patnaik at a press briefing here on Tuesday.

They said that the award, instituted by the Foundation for the first time, would be given to an eminent litterateur every year.

Besides, she has also successfully discharged her responsibility as a member of Odia advisory committee of the National Book Trust, member of Odia Film Censor Board and member of Odia advisory committee of the Kendra Sahitya Akademi.